Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-23

New England Life Insurance. Compsny
t. is putting $500, 600 in . 7-story buildina
at 8th and Wyahdotte, the Equitable
: Life 10 arranging to put up l0-story
building at 9th and Wyandotte to
eclipse all others, the Keith and Perry
building will be seven stories high and
will cost half million, the GibFalter
office building will cost nearly $3.50, 900,
i the new Board of Trade will cost $500.
/ 00O, bonds are voted for . $55O, 900 court
house, three hundred thousand dollars
are being spent in improving the al
ready grand Coates Hotel. 81 ,0O0, 900 Is
the cost of the Midland Hotel being
erected at 9Th and Grand Ave-, the
Lindel is being rebuilt at q cost OF $780,
900, two new opera houses are being
erected at large cost, many buildings
of less note costing $lO0, 900 are spring.
ing up like mushrooms, and residences
are beginning to dot every suitable
part of the city. The grandest will be
the Besies, ut cost of $175,OO but
many other elegant ones will soon be
completed. Other fine buildings are
spoken OF, but those speak OF are In
course of construction, except the court
house and the Equitable.
Another boom worthy OF note is the
rapid transit boom, and dummy lines
are building in every direction to sub
urban cities. Residents of Leaven.
worth. ALI ther, Independence, Lees
Summit, Liberty and Argentine-dis-
tance from four to forty miles--will.
ere the snow flies again, he doing their
shopping in Kansas City, and will be
able to go and come every hour during
the day. Everybody knows x. G. is
the second city in the q. s. to possess
an elevated railroad. This successful
route has just completed two exteu-
sions and is now tunneling through
the bluff to enter the business part Of
town. Tnis is an immense undertake
ing, but it is being pushed forward as
rapidly as possible aud will be con,-
pleted by Novembe 1st. Three cable
roads are in operation, ten are being
and five are contemplated.
The electric road is at last in operation
and yet our dear mules are not all gone.
for four lines of street railways cling to
them as motors.
One new bridge over the Missouri
and one more soon to be erected will
land quite a number Of new railroads
1t the Union Depot.
In packing Kansas City is pushing
Chicago for first place, and one year
hence will find the latter city second.
swift 4 Company are erecting Dress
u beef plant with = Capacity OF 1000
head Of cattle per day. Kingman and
Company are building large pork
packing house. Allcott, Armour,
70 ~ler and Dold are enlarging their
plants. To appreciate this statement
'ou must know that Armour and
fowler have already capacity af
2,OOc hogs day. Dold Of 5000, Nor
ison of 5000. the X. G. Packing Conn
any l,5O0. Allcott's capacity is quite
arge, but don't know the exact fig
res. The rest of the houses have
mailer capacity.
As an agricultural depot Kansas City
still first, and through the efforts Of
he manufacturers bureau, she is forg-
,g ahead as manufacturing city.
he Sternberg Nut and Bolt Works.
ne Burton Car Company, the St.
'ouis Car Wheel Company are among
le largest who are now building
Iants.
But I must close; not for more to
rite about, but because this article is
70 long already. In 80 will write
'u from city of 300. 900 souls, and of
onders never dreamed OF.
KANSAS Cry